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Flowers and flowering trees are blooming, budding, leafing out in a lot areas here in Seattle, but we're still having a lot of rain and I didn't want to show any grumpy, gray shadows, so these are from last spring. It is wonderful to begin to see colors and shadows do more than peep out for an hour or so, but I'll take them anytime!!

Friday, March 5, 2010

I can't begin to tell all of your how much I appreciated the outpouring of support for Adam and I! What wonderful, supportive friends you are! He's doing great! Went back to work and this weekend he's checking out a piece of property he hopes to purchase in Eastern Washington. It was a tough few days, but they (doctors) seem to have gotten the problem under control. My love and gratitude to each of you. Have a great weekend!

Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. ~Ambrose Bierce

Then,Seasonal departures of the Cold and Bare;and she enjoys the arrival of a time of birth,Spring.

Bursting highinto blossom,greeningthe Bare,High Kicksfrom Madam Earthin her pink and green Head costume,celebratingFolies Bergerebeneath an audienceof wispy cloudsapplaudingin a Blue Sky.... Posted by Ugich Konitari to Sylvia From Over The Hill at March 5, 2010 7:36 PM

A good snapshot stops a moment from running away. ~Eudora Welty

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. ~Ansel Adams

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. ~Anaïs Nin

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ~Anton Chekhov

Older Woman: His body parts are in plastic bags in the trunk if you want to see

The traffic cop looks at the woman and slowly backs away to his car while calling for back up. Within minutes 5 police cars circle the car. A senior officer slowly approaches the car, clasping his half drawn gun.

Officer 2: Ma'am, could you step out of your vehicle please! The woman steps out of her vehicle.

Older Woman: Is there a problem sir?

Officer 2: My colleague here tells me that you have stolen this car and murdered the owner.

Older Woman: Murdered the owner? Are you serious?!

Officer 2: Yes, could you please open the trunk of your car, please.

The woman opens the trunk, revealing nothing but an empty trunk.

Officer 2: Is this your car, ma'am?

Older Woman: Yes, here are the registration papers.

The traffic cop is quite stunned.

Officer 2: My colleague claims that you do not have a driving license.

The woman digs into her handbag and pulls out a clutch purse and hands it to the officer.

The officer examines the license quizzically.

Officer 2: Thank you ma'am, but I am puzzled, as I was told by my officer here that you didn't have a license, that you stole this car, and that you murdered and hacked up the owner!

Thursday, March 4, 2010

First of all I want to thank all of you so very much for sending your thoughts and prayers for my son, Adam. He is home and is doing better, hopefully he will be make a full recovery over the next few days.

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A few of the beautiful skies I have seen over the past couple of weeks. Poets say it so much better than I ever could.

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise. George Washington Carver

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. Bern Williams

With each sunrise, we start anew.- Anonymous

Is it so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun /at sunset/?Matthew Arnold

It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.Bern Williams

May I never miss a sunset or rainbow because I am looking down. Sara June Parker

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

My son, Adam, has had to go to the emergency room for the second time today with a hernia/stomach problem. I do hate feeling so helpless when any of my kids are sick, would appreciate your holding good thoughts for him.

It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! ~Mark Twain

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. ~Doug Larson

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work. Robert Frost

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate. Robert Frost

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Anais Nin

Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live. Anais Nin

CURSING IN CHURCHA crusty old man walks into the local Church and says tothe secretary, 'I would like to join this damn church.'

The astonished woman replies, 'I beg your pardon, sir.I must have misunderstood you. What did you say?'

'Listen up, damn it. I said I want to join this damnchurch!'

'I'm very sorry sir, but that kind of language isnot tolerated in this church.'

The secretary leaves her desk and goes into thepastor's study to inform him of her situation.The pastor agrees that the secretary doesnot have to listen to that foul language.

They both return to her office and the pastor asks the oldgeezer, 'Sir, what seems to be the problem here?'

There is no damn problem,' the man says. 'I justwon $200 million bucks in the damn lottery and I want to join this damn church to get rid of some of this damn money.

'I see...' said the pastor. 'And is this bitchgiving you a hard time???'

AND THEN THERE'S THE MEMORY PROBLEM!

Jack & Eloise, an elderly couple were invited to some lifelong friends home for dinner one evening. Eloise was so impressed by the way her lady friend preceded every request to her husband with endearing terms such as: Honey, My Love, Darling, Sweetheart, etc.

The couple had been married almost 70 years and clearly, they were still very much in love. After dinner, while the two husbands were in the living room chatting, Eloise leaned over to her hostess and said, 'I think it's wonderful that after all these years, you still call your husband all those loving pet names'.

The elderly lady hung her head and said, 'I have to tell you the truth, his name slipped my mind about 10 years ago, and I'm scared to death to ask the cranky old asshole what his name is.

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ALIENS ARE COMING TO EARTH ON FRIDAY AND THEIR MISSION ISTO ABDUCT ALL GOOD LOOKING AND SEXY PEOPLE.

Time to play with the alphabet! ABC Wednesday is hosted each week by Mrs. Denise Nesbitt and her team. So grab your dictionary, click on the ABC icon and sign up to play!! And the Letter This Week is G!

Monday, March 1, 2010

White appears to thrive,mixing with those in the pinkand cream of of Life

Its nobody's world;the brown and black, sucking the rain waterfor the roots,cool down there;the whites and pinks,facing a mositure-ous new dayand the green,opening up to the world,as if to say,"We really can't live without each other,can we ?" Posted by Ugich Konitari to Sylvia From Over The Hill at March 1, 2010 8:33 PM

I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way. Robert Frost

I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed. Robert Frost

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. Kahlil Gibran

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom? Kahlil Gibran

When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies. Kahlil Gibran

What Can I Say?

I'm interested in almost everything. Use to like to travel, but it's too expensive now. I take Tai Chi classes, swim, volunteer in a Jump-start program for pre-schoolers. I'm an avid reader and like nearly everyone these days I follow politics avidly. I'm a former teacher and Special Projects Coordinator for a Telecommunications company, Assistant to the President of a Japanese silicon wafer manufacturing company. Am now enjoying retirement -- most of the time. I have two daughters, one son-in-law and two sons scattered all over the country. No grandchildren.

Stop Hate Starting Here

I Never Saw Another Butterfly

So richly, brightly, dazzlingly yellowPerhaps if the sun’s tears would singagainst a white stone....

Such, such a yellowIs carried lightly ’way up high.It went away I’m sure because it wished to kiss the world good-bye.

For seven weeks I’ve lived in herePenned up inside this ghetto.But I have found what I love here.The dandelions call to meAnd the white chestnut branches in the court.

Only I never saw another butterfly. That butterfly was the last one.Butterflies don’t live in here, in the ghetto.

Written by Pavel Friedman, June 4, 1942 Born in Prague on Jan. 7, 1921.Deported to the Terezin Concentration Camp on April 26, 1942. Died in Aushchwitzon Sept. 29, 1944.

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Chasing Ashes

I love to write and it has been a hobby for a long time. Mysteries were always my escape reading during some of the darker times of my life and I finally decided to give it a try. I've actually written seven over the years. Unfortunately, my last computer disaster resulted in my losing three of the latest four. I did manage to salvage this one.